The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1887-10-22
THE PARISHES.
WEST CARROLL.

the foe weather Tor gathering their
crops. Tae cotton crop w!iI all be
-."t ser. Il !.y the middle of November.
YEe yield IN thfs parish is fully % per
cent better than las, year, and the far
mers wall make an abundance of corn
for s.r' tier year.-Floyl Messenger.
JACKSON.
The Parish Farmers Union NIT at
the Courthouse 10 Vernon, in regular
session, on the Sih lust. 1t was a
general belief that 1T this meeting tue
Union would take part in po!.,ics, but
we, rs II friend Of the Union, are pleas
E" ;. searn that they decided to not
aboie III politics, but VIII devote
their time 10 carrying out the plans as
laid down ia their constitution and let
the candidates take Care Of themselves.
They made an excellent choice in
sci, citing M. j. r. NJ. Hancock AS
their PARISH Purchasing Agent Yer
non Times
MOHElIOUsE
Tie people OF the Oak Ridge coun-
try are waking up. They have fin
!sheh the big lcvee ii, The head of the
Lake which viii be Of incalcuIahle
benefit to the people Of this parish, aud
have now Under course Of construction,
the two cutoff levees, which W:ll keep
the wafer OIL IF some of The richest
part of our parish. They are now
cleaning out the Big Bonue lice as far
up as Judge Brigha,n's place for navi-
CATION purposes. The people Of the
Oak Ridge section are wide awake and
progressive. Keep the bal! rolling
gentlemen. - Bost,op Sentinel.
CLAIBORNE.
The railroad is cunning as rapidly az
could be expected. Track laying is
now going right ahead. Major Beards-
ley says that the cars will be running
to Homer early next month.
A farmer in DeSoto parish has gath
cred 10 bushels of corn from an acre
Of land, aud the DeSoto Democrat says
that he will take the premium at the
Shreveport Fair. Not 50 fast, brother
Hewitt, please. Claiborne will be on
hand at the Shreveport, Fair, and we
have farmer who can beat 40 BUSH
els.-Home3' Journal.
MADISON.
VICKsBURG, Miss, Oct. 1G.-IIenry
Hunt, a negro deputy sheriff of Mudi-
son parish, La, shot and killed a negro
.uan at Miiliken's Bend yesterday
evening. Hunt was trying to arrest
him, and was seriously cot before he
shot the mau.
On Wednesday evening last, about
shutdown, l.. e. Clark shot and Killed
Walter Allen at the store Of Kahn &
Smith, at PlaQuemine Bru!ee. in this
parish. Clark is young man not
over twenty years Of age, Allen was
about 80 years of age and leaves
widow with one child. These young
men had had some hot words on FRI
day before the killing, when friends
interfered and prevented any violence,
Allen saying to Clark as they separated
that he would elk him next time they
met" The fatal evening above referred
to was the next meeting between the
parties, and when killed Allen had II
pistol conveniently in the waist Of his
pants, which Clark states he attempted
to draw before he (Ciash) shot. Ro!yne
Signal.
LINCOLN,
Wright Pierce, a colOred man living
on the D'ArbOnne, about 10 miles from
this place, had his house and contents
and three Of his little children burned
TO ashes on Saturday evening last while
he and his wife were in the fed pick
ing cotton.
Cotton picking has been suspended
this week on account of the bad
weather. fortunately for the farmer
the bulk Of the crop has been harvest
ed aud the daTage likely to result from
rainy weather Will be light.
MIR. A. NJ. Brothers, of ward five,
presented US with some CT the finest
chinquepins last Tuesday that we ever
saw. They were nearly as large as
ira size was pro'tuced ny cultivation
Of !rces on which they grew Rus
ton CuiiyrGph.
Fail and winter apples are almost II
failure in this section. y species OF
blight, similar II the pear blight, has
injured a great many apple trees in
the parish.
The sweet putst' crop is proving to
ne a good one and potatoes will be in
abundant supply for ali denand.-
Farmer rite G0.ctte.
BIENVILLE.
Last Monday, at about noon a heart